Chiropractic table.



L. T. MARSHALL. CHIROPRACTIC TABLE. APPLICATION FILED APR.24.191B.

Patented Apr. 15, 1919.

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L. T. MARSHALL.

CHIROPRACTIC TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 24. 1918.

Patented Apr. 15, 1919.

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LILLARD '1. MARSHALL, OF WINCHESTER, KENTUCKY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

CHIROPRACTICYTABLE.

. Patented. Apr. 15, 1919.

Application filed April 24, 1913. Serial no. 230,464.

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it lmown that I, LILLARD T. MARSHALL,

a citizen o-f the United States, residing at Winchester, in the county of Clark and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Chiropractic Tables, of which the following is a specification,

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This invention relates to tables, as they The general object of the invention is to provide. a table of this character so constructed-that it may be adjusted intoa variety of positions permitting of different chiropractic treatments.

' supporting cushion, an adjustable shoulder or'body supporting cushion, and" an abdomi- 30 nal support adjustably connected to the hip supporting cushion. r j

A further object'is to provide improved means whereby these various supports may be adjustably mounted and held in adjusted positions. y I w A further object is to provide hip and shoulder supports mounted so that' they may be disposed at any desired inclination.

And still a further object is to improve the details of construction of an appliance of this character, whereby it may be cheaply made and easily adjusted.

Other objects will appear in the course of the following description. Y

My invention'is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a' side elevation of my improved chiropractic table;

Fig. 2 is atopplan view thereof; Fig. 3'is a fra entary side elevation but showing the ta le tilted;

Fig. 4 is a section on the line i -4 of Fig. 1; I i

Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5 5 of chiropractic manipu-' I which are pivotally Fig. 6 is a'section on the line 66 of Fig.1; i l I V 7 is a section on the line 77 of Fig. 1-; V v Fig. '8 is a front end elevation; and

9" is a section on the line-9 9 of 'F1g. 1. I.Referring to these drawings, 10 designates the base upon which the tableis mounted,

' and which is provided with the upwardly extending arms 11. Disposed within the base is a piston 12 which is operated by means of any suitable pedal 13, this 'piston being slotted at its upper end asat 14. The. j frame'of the table consists of a plurality,

preferably two, longitudinally extending angle irons 15. The frame has a horizontal portion a for a certain portion of its length, I then is upwardly inclined as at b and then i is again horizontally extended as'at 0 and then is upwardly inclined as atd. The portion a is preferably composed of the two angle irons15 connected by the angle irons 16 and 17 and from the portion a tothe portion there are three angle irons, inother 4 words, the two angle irons 15 anda medially disposed angle iron 18 connected at their ends, in any suitable manner, as by the transverseangIe iron 19. A weight 20 is mounted in the angular portiond, as seen'in Fig. 1.

At the end" of the" frame opposite the angular portion d, there are provided the downwardly extending legs 21 carrying the rubber bumpers or feet 22. The several angle irons forming the frame are welded to each other at the joints, so that the frame is practically integral. 'At opposite sides of the frame, beyond theportion Zythere are provided the downwardly extended V-sh'aped members 23, which embrace the upper end of the piston'12 and are pivoted to the p'iston by a transverse bolt 24 passing through the slot 14. The arms 11 are also pivoted to the frame by means of a transverse bolt 25.

- It will thus be obvious that as the piston is raised, the frame constituting the table will be tilt-ed until when'the piston'is raised to its full height, the angular portion d of the frame will rest upon the'fioor, as shown in full lines in Fig; 3. 'When the piston is lowered to its full extent, the legs 21 will rest upon the floor. I Mounted upon the portion a'of the frame, are leppositely disposed supporting members, eac legs 26. These supporting members may be formed with divergently extending V will be forced away-"from" each other and I formed of 1- strap iron. I To these support ing members is pivoted the frame 27 of the shoulder supporting'cushion 28s This frame is provided with downwardly projecting ears 29, through which a belt'30 passes,"'this bolt extending through the supports 26'."

Attached to therrame 27 arethe arc'uate,"" longitudinally slotted 'irons 3l-and binding" 7 screws 32 pass through the correspondmg legs 26-andthrouglrthe slots 'so that the cushion supporting frame 2-7 may be" tilted to any'desired degreeand lield in its tilting position by rotating the screws 32.

i inwardly extended, as at 33, 'bentto' embrace the inwardly 'extending flange of the correwardly-extending ends 35 is a transversely- --'j eXt-endingscrew 36, whose ends are reversely A threaded; the screwibeing provided-with a i handwheel;

by rotating the handwheel in one direction,

"tended. as at34, and then downwardly extended as at 35; *Engagingthese down- It-will be obvious now that 'the members 26 will "be drawn toward each 1 other wand-that by rotating' thehand wheel in'the f -opposite direction," the 'members 26 into-clamping contact with the iron 15; Thus 'the supporting'meinbers 26" may be locked I -against-"thecangleirons to hold" these mem- :bers- 26 in ianydesired adjusted position. The hipsupportfcomprisesaframe 37 carrying thecushion 3'8*andhaving ears 39" -=-;pi,vota1ly connected to: supporting members ,flO, having divergentzlegs these legs-being 'of strap iron: The rearpair eo of these legs is angularlybent to' embrace the ining'leg"40 sothafithe frame i7 may be ins I 'elin'e'd to any desired angle.

- 11 or thepu-rpose ofholding the supporting members 40 in-adjusted position upon theframe, the foremost legs 40" are also bent to embrace the 1angle-irons15 and then upwardly-eXt-ended as at 44 andenga'gedwith theseupwardly extending ends is the reversely' screw-threadedscrew- 45 having a" *hand wheel, lt zwill be seen-that the'manner of holdingthe supporting' members 40 in their adjusted-positions is practically the same as thaeused for the members 26, ex

cept that one ofnthe legs 40* is extended in-'- ward sufliciently to --res t upon the median angle iron. 18.

"{is -the abdominal: support,-eomprising the 11 a sposed between the f cushions 28 and 38 frame --456-,-- the cushion 47-and a spring 48,

this'spring being curved upward and rearward beneath the cushion 47, the opposite end or the springextending beneath the 'riety of positions suiting it'to any operation The supporting members 26 are designed to beyadjustable along the angle-irons 15, and to this end, as illustrated in Fig.4, the metallic 'strips formingthe members 26 are which'may be performed". It Willfurtherthat the several body 2' supports maybe adjusted into a variety of relativepositions.

' The supporting frame upon which the body sp'onding-angleiron 15,-"theninwardly ex- While I have illustrated aaan-- details of construction and arrangement of parts, yet

it. will be understood that many" "changes may be made in these details and in -the arrangement of the'va'rious'parts, without departing -from-the' spirit of the invention as defined in thegappended claims.

Having described my invention; what I claim is: 1 :i

1. A chiropractic table-including a base, a supporting frame pivotally mounted upon the base, means on thevb'ase for shifting the frame into a plurality ofnangular positions around its pivot, ashould'er support slidably mounted upon the frame andmounted for rotation in a vertical plane, a :hipfsupport slidably moun'ted'on the frame andmounted forrotation in a vertical planeyand .an intermediate abdominal support, thei'abdomi nal support beiri'gresilie'ntly inounted'upon the :hip' support for longitudinal adjustment nearer to or farther from the hip support.

2. A chiropractictable including a 'base, a supporting frame. pivotally mounted upon 7 the base, means on-the base for shifting the frame into a plurality of angular positions around its pivot, a "shoulder j'support slidably mounted upon 5 the base and-"mounted for rotation in a vertical-plane, hip1sup port slidably mounted on. the base and mounted for rotation in a{ ver-tical'plane, and an intermediate abdominal support,the abdominal support including aispring supporting the abdominal support iand extend- -'ing to and adjustably.engaged with the hip support forzlongitudinalmovement; whereby the abdominalsupport may be movednearer to or farther from the hip support.

3. A chiropractic table includingabase, a frame mounted upon the base and including longitudinally extending angle irons having inwardly extending flanges, a body supporting member having downwardly extending legs, the legs being formed to embrace the inwardly extending flanges of the angle irons, and a reversely threaded screw engaging the downwardly extended portions of the legs, whereby these legs may be forced into binding engagement with the angle irons or released from said binding engagement.

4:. A chiropractic table including a base, a fluid actuated piston mounted in the base, the base having arms extending up to one side of the piston, a body supporting frame pivotally mounted adjacent one end to said arms and pivotally connected to the piston,

that end of the frame adjacent the arms being formed with an angularly disposed foot rest and that end of the frame remote from the arms being provided with legs, and body supporting members individually, longitudinally adjustable on the frame and mounted for angular adjustment in a Vertical plane, one of said members carrying a longitudinally adjustable spring extending toward the other member and supporting an abdominal cushion.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses. LILLARD T. MARSHALL. Witnesses:

A. B. ALLAN, H. C. WOOLF.

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